West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-03-24
CURIOUS COMBINATIONS

struck with it some time ago.
Seven hundred aud fifty thousand dol
lars is already pledged tow rd building
hrst>class hotel in Philadelphia.
A burglar was captured in house IN
New Haven, Conn, the other night. lie
had fallen fast asleep In a rocking chair
Five members Of the Methodist Epis.
ccopal Church, Seabright, n. j., have
been expelled for dancing on a steam.
boat and at a social entertainment.
\ Western man died on his wedding
DAY, before the ceremony could be per
formed, and his friends very generally
agreed That it was very narrow es-
cape.
The Marquis OF Butte has given s., 900
Tor tho establishment Of n National In
stitute for Wales, at Cardiff, for the adj
Vancement OF liter ,ture, srt and science,
as jubilee memorial. The scheme will
cost In its entirety $Sj, 900.
James r. Fitzgerald, Of Bennington.
W., has been found guilty of 1876 olIenses
against the prohibitory law aud fined
81, 800 with costs, with the alternative.
If not paid, of three days hard labor in
the House of Correction for each dollar.
The Latin names of some Roman
Catholic dioccses sound queer. Santa Fe
IS ). Fidel; Little Rock is Petriculanus
Springfield is Campi Fonts; Wheeling
Is Nelingensis; Green Bay is Sinus Wind
Island Grand Rapids is Fluminis Rapid
Christine Nillson, because Of her mar
riagc TO a Count, il is said will retire
from the stage. Either Christine has
some money land by for a rainy day or
her husband is success rs a count.
That is he is of some account.
A reporter on a Milwaukee paper,
whose wife eloped with a lake captain,
is blamed, il IS reported, from keeping
the item from the other journals until
he could make scoop" of it. Some
men are too mean to live, but it is proba-
bly, the first time she ever ran away and
it ratified him.
At recent masquerade in Portland.
Ore, number of the maskers. who had
attracted attention from their dress and
antics, which was those of the Salvation
army, formed circle in the middle of
the floor, and then TALL atheletic young
man, who persOnated Satan, bursts into
the ring and tried to break it up. The
Army rose as man, throttled Satan,
threw him down and wiped the floor
with him.
According to the Memphis Avalanche,
Memphis should congratulate itself be-
cause it lis not the only city in the Uni
tod States whose residents arc forced to
clasp their nostrils between the thumb
and forefinger OF one hand while they
raise glass Of water from the pump to
their lips with the other. There is no
particular reason why lots Of other cities
should not be just as happy as Mem
phis.
There are 400 cases of measles in
PottstOwn, a. The disease first broke
out six weeks ago, about the time the
leading epidemic began, and it has
spread with increasing violence since.
The schools have been largely depleted
of pupils. AS many as five to eight
members of a family are, in some in
stances, affected.
An Italian went TO Bellevue Hospital,
New York, on Sunday, 20 look after the
body of his cousin, who had died there
Having gone during his search into tho
alcoholic ward, the keepers thought he
was patient strapped and handcuiTed
him and put him IN q cell. The mistake
was al. erward discovered, and the man,
who could not speak any English, was
rele5 sed.
a weaver at Putnam, o., who had
been missing for some time, and was
supposed to have committed suicide, has
returned TO his home, where he gave
the assurance that he had been in the
woods ever since his disappearance, and
that he was brought out of his delirium
I In fWaf frnu %, = sg,t, l.. H.
climed 70 get out of reach Of imaginary
puTsuers.
Three very well dressed young men Of
st. Louis tried to get up a Irritation with
two pretty girls in a public hall, and
finally one of the men spoke TO one of
the girls and asked her to talk TO him
and smile for five minutes in order that
he might win S. bet that he could hold
a conversation with her She immedi-
ately had the young man and his two
compan ons arrested, and after night
in the lookup one was fined So, one $50
and one $50.
The Richmond 'Religious Herald"
thinks that q good many preachers
might profit by the criticism OF an old
deacon, who when asked how certain
candidate pleased him, answered Not
nc all. There is but one thing against
him, but that is enough lie thinks too
we'll Of himself Ills whole bearing
seems to say, Here's a man that can do
it, "Well can't he do it," asked an
other brother. eyes, he can" re lied
the deacon but i will never vote for a
man TO be my pas or who has so good
an opinion Of himself
The orthodox Hindoo OF Bombay at
the present time believes in incarDations
Of the Deity, and OF male and femal,
/ gods as symbols Of certain powers, and
many Of the most wealthy Hin zoos have
erected temples in order 10 satisfy their
/ spiritual lonRIngs. defeating hem to
special deit.es; as general rule, to those
worshiped by their ancestors. All Hin
docs have one thing 30 common, that IT,.
% belief in ihescxpression, "What was
good enough for my father is good
enough for me.
When Adolphus Tanner q well.to.do
Ealtim0roan, attempted 20 commit sui
eide because he thought his wife had
deserted him, bc performed the lob
with scrupul0us eXactness Closing up
every creyicc in The room, he took of
900 thc gas fixtures so that the outflow
of Uas would bc uninterrupted. Then
Doe Jay down ON his bed and buried HE
face in two ouges saturated with alco,
hOl The doctors had no trouble ina
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